Steady Solution is Diverging in ConRad

Software/Versions Affected:

• THERM›6
• THERM›7

If this message appears at the end of a simulation, the program will not have been able to calculate a solution to the model. Go to the Options menu, select Preferences, and go to the Simulation tab. Changing the Relaxation Parameter will probably allow the file to simulate. The default setting for Relaxation Parameter should be 1.0 and that is the setting to try first. If that does not allow the program to simulate, increment that value down in 0.01 increments until the problem simulates, without going below a value of 0.90. For example, if the problem didn't converge at 1.0, the next Relaxation Parameter to try is 0.99, then 0.98, until you reach 0.90.